The pope's visit to the United States is over but the excitement isn't, especially for Catholics in Greater Cincinnati.A nun, who founded Santa Maria Community Services, opened churches and built homes, is on the fast track to sainthood.Watch this storyThe Stagge family always knew they had an angel in their family but soon they could have a saint."Amazed at the idea and the fact that we could actually live to see this," great great niece Joy Stagge-Hansbauer said."Never in a million years did I think that it would come to this," great great nephew Jim Stagge said.The Italian-born nun, Sister Blandina Segale, who came to Cincinnati when she was 4 years old and joined the Sisters of Charity as a teenager, became the bridge between immigrants and locals.One hundred years later, her legacy lives on at Santa Maria Community Services and St. Antonio Church."She was given $5 to go downtown and help everyone. She built two schools in the west and helped with a hospital with no money at all, just telling the people to help," Sister Victoria Maria Forde once said.Forde, who's been documenting sister Segale's life and now has boxes of archives to present to the archdiocese, always knew she was saintly."The same issues that we're thinking about now, she was thinking about then," she said.The Stagge family said the highlight of Segale's life was in 1988 when they traveled to her hometown of Italy, where the town square was dedicated in her honor.They never dreamed Segale would be considered for the highest honor in the Catholic church."Sister Blandina is up there pushing things because she always made things happen," great great niece Lisa Stagge said."For this to snowball in a relatively short amount of time, it's really quite an honor," Jim Stagge said.In January, Segale was declared a servant of God.There are still several more steps to through to be beatified. But the goal is to have Segale's research and information to Rome by December.

CINCINNATI —

The pope's visit to the United States is over but the excitement isn't, especially for Catholics in Greater Cincinnati.

A nun, who founded Santa Maria Community Services, opened churches and built homes, is on the fast track to sainthood.

The Stagge family always knew they had an angel in their family but soon they could have a saint.

"Amazed at the idea and the fact that we could actually live to see this," great great niece Joy Stagge-Hansbauer said.

"Never in a million years did I think that it would come to this," great great nephew Jim Stagge said.

The Italian-born nun, Sister Blandina Segale, who came to Cincinnati when she was 4 years old and joined the Sisters of Charity as a teenager, became the bridge between immigrants and locals.

One hundred years later, her legacy lives on at Santa Maria Community Services and St. Antonio Church.

"She was given $5 to go downtown and help everyone. She built two schools in the west and helped with a hospital with no money at all, just telling the people to help," Sister Victoria Maria Forde once said.

Forde, who's been documenting sister Segale's life and now has boxes of archives to present to the archdiocese, always knew she was saintly.

"The same issues that we're thinking about now, she was thinking about then," she said.

The Stagge family said the highlight of Segale's life was in 1988 when they traveled to her hometown of Italy, where the town square was dedicated in her honor.

They never dreamed Segale would be considered for the highest honor in the Catholic church.

"Sister Blandina is up there pushing things because she always made things happen," great great niece Lisa Stagge said.

"For this to snowball in a relatively short amount of time, it's really quite an honor," Jim Stagge said.

In January, Segale was declared a servant of God.

There are still several more steps to through to be beatified. But the goal is to have Segale's research and information to Rome by December.